Lord Great Chamberlain

The office of Lord Great Chamberlain of England is the sixth under the Great Officers of State, ranking between those of the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal and the Lord High Constable. Not to be confused is the Lord Great Chamberlain as a civil servant with the Lord Chamberlain of the Household, which is, however, a court official.

The Lord Great Chamberlain once had. Than supreme treasurer authority over the Palace of Westminster with the House of Commons and the House of Lords as chambers of the British Parliament He led in Parliament, the Sword of State and opened and closed so that the sessions. 1965, the Parliament decided that both chambers should be responsible in their rooms themselves. These have since been managed by the Lord Speaker and the Lord Chancellor. However, the Lord Great Chamberlain still plays an important role in the coronation of British monarchs, where he directs the dressing of the pretender to the throne before the ceremony, at the coronation monitors the delivery of the insignia and the coronation banquet the new ruler reaches the water.

The title is hereditary and was once transmitted by King Henry I of England soon after his accession to the throne in 1100 to Robert Malet, the son of one of the leading companions of William the Conqueror. 1133 but declared King Henry the title and estates of the Malets for forfeited and transferred the office of Lord Great Chamberlain to Aubrey II de Vere, whose son continued the office and to Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford was knighted. Then the Earl of Oxford the title almost continuously until 1526 out with a few exceptions due to trials for high treason.

1526 but died John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford without a direct male heir, leaving behind only his aunts as a female heir. The county now inherited a distant relative, a second cousin. King Henry VIII verleibte then an office and title of nobility of the crown and then named one of the 15th and 16th Earl of Oxford to the Lord Chamberlain, without the title thus became hereditary.

It was not until Queen Mary I authorized the Earls of Oxford again to pass office and titles of nobility on a hereditary basis. When in 1626 Henry de Vere, the 18th Earl of Oxford died, he left again a distant male relative and a closer standing female, so that the House of Lords finally decided, the male heir, Robert Bertie, 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, later Earl of Lindsey to transfer the office.

The Earls of Lindsey, later Dukes of Ancaster and Kesteven, remained incumbent until 1779 the 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven died, two sisters and an uncle as female as male heirs leaving behind. The uncle then became 5th Duke, but the House of Lords decided that the sisters Priscilla and Georgiana shared the office of Lord Great Chamberlain was awarded and received the right to appoint a proxy to carry out their duties.

The share of the Office of Priscilla is 1870 divided by two generations of male heirs to two of her granddaughters and was split several more times in the subsequent decades. The proportion of Georgiana was, however, repeatedly adopted by a single male heir, the then Marquess of Cholmondeley allowed to call itself.

At a certain occasion always exerts only a single person from the office of Lord Chamberlain. The various persons holding shares in Chamberlainship actually form a heritage community in which the right to a particular occasion such as the coronation festivities exercise the Office, rotates between the shareholders. The Marquesses of Cholmondeley holding down a half from office and can therefore at any second chance act in the office or appoint a deputy.

The House of Lords Act 1999 abolished the rule that hereditary nobility automatically entitled to the seat in the upper house. Exceptions to this were about ninety hereditary representatives, including the heirs of the Office of the Lord Chamberlain and the Earl Marshal, so that they can continue to exercise their ceremonial functions.

Lord Great Chamberlain 1485 - today

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Great Officer of State Lord Privy Seal Lord High Constable of England Aubrey de Vere II John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley

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